GCL-Polymer photovoltaic panels

How did GCL help its burgeoning solar materials business?

Its burgeoning solar materials business was helped by a reduction of debts at its GCL New Energy solar project development business, which sold 2.9GW of generation capacity to state-owned enterprizes last year as it attempts to pivot towards hydrogen.

Who is GCL new energy?

The polysilicon maker's solar project business, GCL New Energy, has secured a three-year contract extension for its $500,000 annual deal to provide asset management and administrative services to fellow GCL Tech unit GCL Solar Energy.

What are the applications of polymer solar cells?

The potential applications of polymer solar cells are broad, ranging from flexible solar modules and semitransparent solar cells in windows, to building applications and even photon recycling in liquid-crystal displays.

How good is GCL granular silicon?

That performance was helped by the fact that the granular product’s margin was consistently 15 percentage points better than that of the company’s traditional rod silicon, according to GCL. GCL Tech said it produced 18,628 tons of polysilicon in the first three months of the year, as well as 11.6 GW of solar wafers.

Which polymer enables efficient all-polymer solar cells?

Nat. Commun. 12, 5264 (2021). Sun, H. et al. A narrow-bandgap n-type polymer with an acceptor–acceptor backbone enabling efficient all-polymer solar cells. Adv. Mater. 32, 2004183 (2020). Jia, T. et al. 14.4% efficiency all-polymer solar cell with broad absorption and low energy loss enabled by a novel polymer acceptor.

Are polymer solar cells efficient?

Polymer solar cells have shown potential to harness solar energy in a cost-effective way. Significant efforts are underway to improve their efficiency to the level of practical applications. Here, we report highly efficient polymer solar cells based on a bulk heterojunction of polymer poly (3-hexylthiophene) and methanofullerene.